Novice language teacher emotion labor and identity construction: A community of practice perspective

Nazari, Mostafa; Seyri, Haniye; Karimpour, Sedigheh

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2023.104110

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“…It is, therefore, understandable that some people view the first years of teaching as a highly complex process involving a wide range of emotional dynamics ( Mehdizadeh et al, 2023 ). However, most current studies on novice teachers focus on professional quality development and ability improvement, and only some people carry out longitudinal studies on novice teachers’ emotions ( Nazari et al, 2023 ).…”

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“Finding happiness in daily work”: an ecological study on the emotions of novice EFL teachers in rural primary schools in China

Yao,

Xu,

Yan

2023

Front. Psychol.

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While research on teacher emotions has grown in the past decades, little is known about rural teachers’ and novice teachers’ emotions. Based on ecological theory, this study selected two novice EFL teachers as the research objects. The goal was to explore their emotional experiences and the factors that influenced them over 3 years while teaching in rural primary schools. The research data was collected primarily through semi-structured interviews, teaching diaries, and narrative frameworks. Three-step coding and topic analysis were used to analyze the collected data. The data analysis revealed that the two novice teachers generated 62 emotions while interacting with various ecosystems. In Microsystems, teacher-student interaction has a strong influence on participants’ emotions. Two participants experienced 19 positive emotions and 9 negative emotions during their interactions with the students. In addition, novice teachers may experience negative emotions if they are burdened with too many non-teaching tasks. In this study, two participants were able to effectively manage their negative emotions. The general emotional trend was positive, which motivated them to stay and continue teaching in the rural area. The results of this study have implications for the professional development of rural teachers and novice teachers.

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“Finding happiness in daily work”: an ecological study on the emotions of novice EFL teachers in rural primary schools in China

Yao,

Xu,

Yan

2023

Front. Psychol.

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Emotion Labor as Professional Development Work: Insights from Teachers Doing Action Research

2023

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Over the past decades, research on language teachers' engagement in action research (AR) and more recently on their emotion labor has exponentially grown. However, little research is available on how AR and emotion labor intersect to shape language teacher professional development. This study addressed this gap by reporting on how four Iranian English language teachers used emotion labor as professional development work during participation in an AR project. Data were collected from reflective journals and classroom observations as well as the associated postclass discussions during the enactment of AR, and from interviews at two junctures in time, once during the course and once longitudinally after six and 12 months. Data analyses revealed that the teachers used AR as a mechanism for minimizing the gap between their internal feelings and external expectations, and gradually developed the identity of a teacher–researcher by using the affordances emotion labor provided. Moreover, the teachers retrospectively developed emotional learning, which facilitated their response to institutional expectations in the short term and to the professional discourses of teaching in the long term. We conclude the paper with implications for teacher education to better understand how emotions feature in AR and how emotion labor could be employed for AR‐induced professional development.

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Peer support and novice teachers’ willingness to participate in teaching reflection in online workshops: The mediating role of perceived competence and sense of belonging

Zhao,

Chen

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Curr Psychol

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Novice language teacher emotion labor and identity construction: A community of practice perspective

Cited by 19 publications

References 43 publications

“Finding happiness in daily work”: an ecological study on the emotions of novice EFL teachers in rural primary schools in China

“Finding happiness in daily work”: an ecological study on the emotions of novice EFL teachers in rural primary schools in China

Emotion Labor as Professional Development Work: Insights from Teachers Doing Action Research

Peer support and novice teachers’ willingness to participate in teaching reflection in online workshops: The mediating role of perceived competence and sense of belonging

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